with a bright start to your Christmas Eve
Producer JOHN SPARROW

Tony is joined by Maggie Philbin to play your Christmas requests and introduces some surprise item for the festive season Producer SANTA BOSTON

Brought to you in super stereo. In the left-hand corner, Lenny and in the right-hand corner, Henry
Referee
KEVIN HOWLETT
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with America's hits and a countdown of the US Top 30.

A Christmas treat for at! the family as Richard Skinner and Andy Batten-Foster gather round the tree and unwrap some of their favourite moments from the year's programmes. Sounds awful, doesn't it....Anyway, expect to relive those great live music sessions with such household names as Marc Almond , The Style Council, The Lotus Eaters, Midge Ure, Mick Karn and of course, who could forget Los Trios Ringbarkus. Producer MARK RADCLIFFE

with David Grant and Nick Beggs. Is Christmas just one big rip-off,or is there something in the meaning behind it? Appearing for the first time together as radio presenters, David and Nick give the case for Christmas, helped by Cliff Richard and Malcolm Muggeridge and other special guests.

including sessions from
Richard Jobson 's band The Armoury Show and Leeds band The Three John. Producer PHIL WARD-LARGE

direct from the Hammersmith Odeon, London
Producer JEFF GRIFFIN
A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2
Full details: page 65

Producer PHIL WARD-LARGE